reporter: the prairie takes on a sweet, rolling pitch as it tucks into a nebraska corner. and outside of omaha they are the rich black topsoil has grown generations of solid and faithful americans. a tiny remnant of whom appointed themselves in and around a place called murdaugh. it s the sort of place where heads turn and a stranger drives by. the family s name is carved in the local stone. it was easter sunday afternoon, 2006. a big farmyard and, like every year, an easter egg hunt. it was grandma and papa s yard. or mom and dad, to tammy, who brought her own some like always. they found their easter eggs. they found their easter baskets. and mom always made it every individual easter basket special to that child they were like that where wayne and
showing up for the newspaper, a few gallon of gas at the pump i.d.s boyfriend was there with her to help her get things running for the day. he would take her so that she wasn t alone until people, you know the traffic was picking up and then he would go. that s what happened that day? right. richard thibodaux original or lived a few miles down the road and saw heidi that morning. i asked her for two packs of basic cigarettes, paid her, i said have a nice day. a few more cars pulled up to the m w, reporter covered the case for syracuse.com. some customers had come in and didn t realize she wasn t there until they had been there for a while, flag down a deputy and know heidi. heidi s sister lee so woke up that morning to very bad news. in my aunt was on the machine and she said, heidi is missing. missing. we saw her the night before. when she delivered our easter baskets and she had her usual
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the midst of tragedy, people are uniting to help those who lost so much across mississippi, kind strangers delivering easter baskets to kids in towns where there was almost nothing left. happy easter! reporter: in indiana, 6-year-old jacob harris wanted to help his neighbors in the city of sullivan, so he packed up a truck, donating nearly 400 easter baskets back in arkansas, worshipers here praying for brighter days ahead a lot of people there was hopeless, you know, can be hopeful, you know? we can still come together as one. the community is full of resilience we ll come back. we will be even stronger because of our faith. reporter: beyond the shadow of devastation here, there is light reporter: and song. we still have hope, because god is still doing things he has great plans for us the building is destroyed, but the church remains strong. reporter: priscilla thompson, nbc news,